Michael Gough

Father, with Diana Graves , of Simon Gough. Grandfather of actor Samuel Gough and Daisy Gough.

Along with Pat Hingle , he is one of only two actors to appear in Batman , Batman Returns , Batman Forever and Batman & Robin .

Won Broadways 1979 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for "Bedroom Farce." He was also nominated in the same category in 1988 for "Breaking the Code."

He came out of retirement to play Notary James Hardenbrook in Sleepy Hollow .

Father-in-law of Sharon Gurney , who is married to his son Simon Gough. The couple played his characters son and daughter in the film The Corpse (aka Crucible of Horror).

Children: Has a daughter Emma Frances Gough (born August 13, 1953) with his second wife Anne Leon. Had two children with Anneke Wills , Polly (born 1963) and Jasper. Polly died tragically in a car accident in 1982, shortly before she was to be married. Her biological father was Anthony Newley , but Gough had adopted her and been her father since her birth. She never knew that Newley was her biological father. His son Jasper is a photographer for Southebys.

He made four films with Clive Revill : Reach for the Sky , The Legend of Hell House , Galileo and Let Him Have It .

In addition to having played Alfred Pennyworth in both of Tim Burton s Batman films, he also worked with Burton on several other films: Sleepy Hollow , Corpse Bride and Alice in Wonderland . In this regard, he is similar to his successor as Alfred, Michael Caine , who worked with Christopher Nolan on both the Batman films and The Prestige and Inception .

Former brother-in-law of John Standing , the half-brother of Anne Leon.

Surname is pronounced in the same way as "cough".

He was the first TV Best Actor BAFTA winner to guest star on "Doctor Who" .

Close friends with Alan Napier , who played Alfred Pennyworth on the television series "Batman" .

He was considered for the roles of Dr. Hans Fallanda, Dr. Armstrong and Sir Percy Heseltine in Lifeforce .

He made four films with Peter Cushing : Dracula , Dr. Terrors House of Horrors , The Skull and Top Secret! . The last film is the only one of the four in which Christopher Lee did not also appear.

He appeared in two adaptations of Lewis Carroll s 1865 novel "Alices Adventures in Wonderland": Alice in Wonderland and Alice in Wonderland . He played the March Hare in the former and the Dodo in the latter.

He has the same birthday (23 November) as Boris Karloff , with whom he co-starred in Curse of the Crimson Altar .

He made ten films with Christopher Lee : Saraband for Dead Lovers , Ill Met by Moonlight , Dracula , Dr. Terrors House of Horrors , The Skull , Curse of the Crimson Altar , Julius Caesar , Sleepy Hollow , Corpse Bride and Alice in Wonderland .

Although born in Malaysia, he always considered himself English.

He appeared in two different adaptations of William Shakespeare s play "Julius Caesar": "World Theatre" {Julius Caesar } and Julius Caesar . He played Cassius in the former and Metellus Cimber in the latter. Both productions were directed by Stuart Burge.

Is the second voice actor to voice Jin Uzuki in the Xenosaga video game series. Crispin Freeman was the first voice actor for Jin Uzuki.

Is the voice of "Zazu" in the new Enchanted Tiki Room at Walt Disney World. Rowan Atkinson ("Mr. Bean") played the original "Zazu" in The Lion King .

He shares his name with a n English actor, and both have had major roles in Batman media. He portrayed Batmans ally Jim Gordon in Batman: Arkham Origins , while the English actor portrayed Batmans butler and father figure Alfred in the Tim Burton/Joel Schumacher-directed Batman film series.

[on dispute for his birth year] There is some indecision to when I was,born, my sister said it was 1916, I lost my birth certificate.